Improvement in children s carriages



NITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

AUGUSTIN w. DABY, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN CHILDRENS C'2ARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,646, dated February 9, 1875; application filed To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTIN W. DABY, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Childrens Oarriages, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to childrens carriages which are provided with a handle capable of being moved in the direction of the length of the carriage; and my invention consists in providing the said handle with fastening devices, so that it can be secured in position either for pushing or pulling the carriage, the said sliding handle beingsupported by cross bars fastened in the sides of the carriage.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the body or box of a childrens carriage, which rests upon the sills B. These sills are connected by cross-bars O O, and on these crossbars rests the handle D. This handle extends through under the box A, and it is provided with hand-pieces a a, one at each end. On each of the side rails of said handle are secured four hooks, b c d e, and between the side rails, at about the middle of their length,

is secured a traverse, On each of the crossbars 0 C is secured a catch, 9 or g.

If the handle is to be adjusted for pulling the carriage, it is pushed forward, so that the hooks b catch under the cross-bar (l, and the hooks at under the cross-bar C, and then the catch 9 is caused to engage with the traverse f.

September 29, 1874.

By these means the handle is firmly secured in position, and it is not liable to become disengaged.

If the handle is to be adjusted for pushing the carriage, the hooks c are caused to catch under the cross-bar U, the hooks 0 under the cross-bar C, and the catch 9 is thrown in gear with the traverse f.

Instead of causing the handle D to slide on the cross-bars O 0, suitable guides might be attached to the sills or to the body A, and in this case the devices for securing the handle in the required position would have to be adapted to such guides.

The handle, instead of sliding beneath the box A, might also be made to slide on its sides; but I prefer to arrange it in the manner shown in the drawing, since by their arrangement the handle is entirely out of the way, its fastenings are cheap and simple, and its adjustment requires but little mechanical skill.

By constructing the handle so that it can be used either for pushing or for pulling, the convenience of the carriage is materially improved.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The cross-bars O 0 between the sills B, in combination with the sliding handle D, hooks b c d e, catches g g, and traverse f, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of September, 1874.

A. W. DABY.

Witnesses:

' W. HAUFF,

OHAs. WAHLERs. 

